| Bundjalung |
English |
Category |
Dialect | |
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| burbam |
raft |
artifact |
Middle Clarence |
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| gunduhm |
rag |
artifact |
Middle Clarence |
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| wuluwah |
rail, saltwater ; saltwater rail |
bird |
Gold Coast Tweed |
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| daram daram |
rain |
natural_environment |
Lower Richmond |
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| galuhn |
rain |
natural_environment |
Copmanhurs |
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| guwang |
rain |
natural_environment |
Gold Coast Tweed, Lower Richmond, Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence |
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| guwang guwangga- |
rain |
natural_environment |
Lower Richmond |
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| guwang-an.ga- |
rain |
natural_environment |
Gold Coast Tweed |
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| guwangwen- |
rain |
natural_environment |
Middle Clarence |
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| jagam |
rain |
natural_environment |
Condamine Upper Clarence |
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| badjili- |
rain, to |
natural_environment |
Middle Clarence |
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| jun.gun |
rain-cloud ; cloud, rain |
natural_environment |
Condamine Upper Clarence |
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| gabal-nginy |
rainforest dweller |
people |
Middle Clarence |
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| guwangmil |
rainy season |
natural_environment |
Middle Clarence |
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| wayahlima-, wayma- |
raise ; lift up |
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Middle Clarence |
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| wayma- |
raise ; lift up |
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Middle Clarence |
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| duranbinyma- |
raise up ; rear ; bring up |
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Middle Clarence |
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| mulih bahna |
range of mountains |
natural_environment |
Middle Clarence |
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| maruy |
rash ; 'itch, the' ; itchy |
body_part |
Middle Clarence |
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| malgam |
raspberry, wild |
plant |
Gold Coast Tweed |
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| mandarahm |
Raspberry, Wild ; Wild Raspberry |
plant |
Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence |
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| gudjahm |
rat |
animal |
Condamine Upper Clarence |
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| gundar |
rat |
animal |
Middle Clarence |
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| gundjar |
rat |
animal |
Gold Coast Tweed |
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| muhrang |
rat |
animal |
Condamine Upper Clarence |
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| gundur, gundjar |
rat ; bush rat ; rat, bush ; kangaroo species |
animal |
Gold Coast Tweed |
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| gundur |
rat ; mouse ; rodent |
animal |
Gold Coast Tweed, Lower Richmond, Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence |
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| bahmul |
rat-kangaroo ; kangaroo, rat- |
animal |
Gold Coast Tweed |
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| bahy |
rat-kangaroo, Rufous (Gd) ; kangaroo rat |
animal |
Gold Coast Tweed, Lower Richmond, Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence |
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| darehrba- |
rattle |
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Middle Clarence |
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| darehrbay |
rattling noise |
plant |
Middle Clarence |
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| dinggumbay |
rattling noise |
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Gold Coast Tweed |
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| dulubay |
rattling noise ; noise, rattling |
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Gold Coast Tweed |
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| dululbay, duluhlbay |
rattling or echoing noise ; noise, rattling ; noise, echoing |
artifact |
Condamine Upper Clarence |
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| ngahrilihgu |
ready |
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Gold Coast Tweed |
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| manal |
ready ; ripe ; cooked |
food |
Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence |
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| garbahn |
reciprocal action |
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Gold Coast Tweed |
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| garaban |
reciprocal action ; one another ; each other |
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Gold Coast Tweed |
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| wuyi-wuyi, wuwi-wuwi |
reckless |
people |
Gold Coast Tweed |
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| gudjihn |
red |
colour |
Gold Coast Tweed, Lower Richmond |
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| gudjihny |
red |
colour |
Middle Clarence |
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| gudjihny |
red |
colour |
Middle Clarence |
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| gudjin, gudji(h)n, gudji, gudjing |
red |
colour |
Gold Coast Tweed, Condamine Upper Clarence |
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| jayir(i), jahra |
red |
colour |
Gold Coast Tweed |
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| gidji-gidji |
red bean ; bean, red |
plant |
Gold Coast Tweed |
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| gudjin malu |
red clay ; clay, red |
natural_environment |
Gold Coast Tweed |
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| gudjing |
red clay ; red ochre |
natural_environment |
Condamine Upper Clarence |
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| nguyagal |
Red Forest Oak, Rose Sheoak, Forest Oak ; Oak, Forest ; Sheoak, Rose ; Oak, Red Forest |
plant |
Gold Coast Tweed, Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence |
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| dundul, dunduhl |
red gum ; gum, red ; narrow-leafed box (Gd:JThomas) |
plant |
Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence |
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| gudjing, gudjin |
red ochre ; ochre, red ; paint, red ; red paint ; red pigment ; pigment, red |
natural_environment |
Gold Coast Tweed |
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| gudjir |
red paint |
artifact |
Gold Coast Tweed |
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| jahra, jayir(i) |
red, intense |
colour |
All |
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| gudjihng, gudjihny |
red; red ochre ; red paint ; ochre, red ; paint, red |
natural_environment |
Middle Clarence |
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| dehlum |
reed ; reeds |
plant |
Lower Richmond |
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| yihnang |
reed ; reeds |
plant |
Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence |
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| giyang, birahla |
reed- spear ; spear made from reed |
artifact |
Lower Richmond |
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| birahla |
reed-spear |
artifact |
Lower Richmond |
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| galgari |
reeds |
plant |
Gold Coast Tweed, Lower Richmond |
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| bandeh, bandi |
reeds ; rushes |
plant |
Gold Coast Tweed |
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| galgar, galga |
reeds ; rushes |
plant |
Condamine Upper Clarence, Copmanhurs |
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| jila, dili |
reeds ; rushes |
plant |
Gold Coast Tweed |
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| dulun |
reeds ; rushes ; swamp reeds ; reeds, swamp |
plant |
Gold Coast Tweed |
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| nguruh |
reflection ; shadow in water ; water, shadow in |
natural_environment |
Condamine Upper Clarence |
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| -li, -le |
reflexive ; antipassive |
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Gold Coast Tweed, Middle Clarence |
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| gawuny |
refreshing |
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Condamine Upper Clarence |
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| wahng guyguy |
regular employment |
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Condamine Upper Clarence |
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| gunyngan (guny.ngan) |
relation |
people |
Condamine Upper Clarence |
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| wiyang, jambang, yamburu |
relation-in-law |
people |
Gold Coast Tweed |
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| jambang |
relation-in-law term |
people |
Gold Coast Tweed |
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| wiyang |
relation-in-law term |
people |
Gold Coast Tweed |
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| galba |
relics ; remains |
bird |
Gold Coast Tweed |
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| binangwan- |
remember |
senses |
Lower Richmond |
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| yagahli-gubih |
repair man |
people |
Condamine Upper Clarence |
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| windja |
reply if a person is asked to do anything against his will |
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Gold Coast Tweed |
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| -ginggi- |
resemble ; act like ; like (be) ; similar, be |
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Middle Clarence |
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| guyguy yahn- |
reside semi-permanently |
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Condamine Upper Clarence |
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| ngarbinydja |
resident in a place with expectancy of getting married |
people |
Condamine Upper Clarence |
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| man.gur |
resin ; gum ; edible sap |
plant |
Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence |
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| gihng |
respect |
senses |
Condamine Upper Clarence |
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| ginyira- |
rest |
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Condamine Upper Clarence |
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| gandili- |
rest one's head on something |
artifact |
Condamine Upper Clarence |
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| jahny bira- |
retort ; answer quickly |
language |
Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence |
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| nimbulima- |
return |
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Gold Coast Tweed |
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| numbuhli- |
return |
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Condamine Upper Clarence |
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| yan.giwaba- |
return |
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Lower Richmond |
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| num guni- |
return (something) |
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Condamine Upper Clarence |
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| num guyili- |
return by the way one came |
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Condamine Upper Clarence |
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| dan.ge(h) |
Ribbon Gum ; Shining Gum ; Gum, Shining ; Gum, Ribbon |
plant |
Lower Richmond, Condamine Upper Clarence |
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| ngamanggah- |
ride ; copulate with ; have sex with |
body_part |
Middle Clarence |
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| wumbeh- |
ride ; sex (have) |
body_part |
Gold Coast Tweed, Middle Clarence |
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| bahm gudja- |
ridicule ; poke fun at |
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Condamine Upper Clarence |
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| yigi |
right ; level ; equal to |
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Condamine Upper Clarence |
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| judjah |
right down |
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Middle Clarence |
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| janinba |
right hand ; hand, right |
body_part |
Lower Richmond |
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| junimbal |
right hand ; right side |
body_part |
Middle Clarence |
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| gagahyudjang |
right here ; here, right |
location |
Middle Clarence |
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| bami |
right now |
time |
Middle Clarence |
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| ngulung-djahng |
right now ; straight away |
time |
Condamine Upper Clarence |
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| junimbah |
right-hand side |
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Gold Coast Tweed |
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| bugam |
ripe |
plant |
Gold Coast Tweed |
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| manal(u)wen- |
ripen |
plant |
Middle Clarence |
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| gargarbay |
ripples ; movement of running water ; running water, movement of |
natural_environment |
Condamine Upper Clarence |
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| bahrwa- |
rise ; appear ; arrive |
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All |
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| yan.gay |
rising tide |
natural_environment |
All |
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| birang |
ritual scars on back |
language |
Gold Coast Tweed |
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| gumban |
ritual scars on breast ; scars on breast, ritual |
body_part |
Gold Coast Tweed |
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| junim |
river |
natural_environment |
Condamine Upper Clarence |
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| nyuring |
river |
natural_environment |
Lower Richmond |
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| balun |
river ; creek ; Milky Way |
natural_environment |
Gold Coast Tweed, Lower Richmond, Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence, Copmanhurs |
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| ngihrgil |
river bank ; bank, river |
natural_environment |
Middle Clarence |
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| gungwehra |
river tea tree ; tea tree, river |
plant |
Middle Clarence |
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| bin.gihng |
river turtle ; turtle, river ; turtle (generic) (Gd) |
fish |
Gold Coast Tweed, Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence |
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| waril |
river, big |
natural_environment |
Gold Coast Tweed |
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| bahdjab |
roar (of the sea) ; sea???s roar |
natural_environment |
Middle Clarence |
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| marba- |
roast (burn) ; boil |
food |
Gold Coast Tweed |
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| julim-julim |
Robin, Yellow |
bird |
Condamine Upper Clarence |
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| nayiny, ngahny (?) |
Robin, Yellow ; Yellow Robin |
bird |
Gold Coast Tweed |
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| gambilmuy (?) |
rock |
natural_environment |
Gold Coast Tweed |
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| manal |
rock ;{ hard ; baked |
natural_environment |
Gold Coast Tweed |
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| dawgay |
rock ; rock, flat patch of (Gd) |
natural_environment |
Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence |
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| bilmah |
rock ; rocks |
natural_environment |
Copmanhurs |
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| daraw, darahw, dehyu |
rock ; stone |
natural_environment |
Gold Coast Tweed |
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| dehyu, dahyu |
rock ; stone |
natural_environment |
Gold Coast Tweed |
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| garu |
rock ; stone ; stones |
natural_environment |
Gold Coast Tweed, Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence, Copmanhurs |
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| jahnunggal |
rock wallaby ; wallaby, rock |
animal |
Middle Clarence |
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| juruy, juhruy |
rock wallaby ; wallaby, rock |
animal |
Middle Clarence |
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| ganduhl-gali |
rock, big (GC) ; name of a high rocky knoll in Numinbah Valley (Ngr) ; Numinbah Valley, name of a high rocky knoll in (Ngr) |
location |
Gold Coast Tweed |
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| wulungar |
rock, large ; rocks (?) |
natural_environment |
Gold Coast Tweed |
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| gaway (?) |
rocks |
natural_environment |
Gold Coast Tweed |
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| wawang (?) |
rocks |
natural_environment |
Gold Coast Tweed |
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| jigindjay, jiginydjay |
Rocky River, name of place along (where a spirit lives) ; name of place along Rocky River where a spirit lives |
location |
Middle Clarence |
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| bawur-biriny |
Rocky River, name of place on the |
location |
Middle Clarence |
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| guhrawa- |
roll |
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Gold Coast Tweed |
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| guyuwa- |
roll |
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Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence |
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| wahndjari-, wahnydjari- |
roll ; turn ; change ; turn into ; change in form (transitive) ; change direction one faces (intransitive) |
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Middle Clarence |
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| wayandjar |
root |
plant |
Middle Clarence |
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| waran, wayan, wehn |
root of tree ; road |
plant |
Gold Coast Tweed |
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| wehn, wayan, waran |
root of tree ; road ; hip ; pelvis |
plant |
All |
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| wayan, wehn, waran |
root of tree ; road ; hips (Y:Hanln) |
plant |
Gold Coast Tweed |
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| wayan.gir (wayan-gir) |
root of tree or plant |
plant |
Condamine Upper Clarence |
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| jambinbin |
root sucker |
plant |
Gold Coast Tweed |
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| ginanbun |
root, native ; native rot |
plant |
Gold Coast Tweed |
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| bugur |
rope ; string ; fishing line |
artifact |
Gold Coast Tweed, Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence |
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| jagabar |
rope ; vine |
artifact |
Gold Coast Tweed |
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| guhgur |
Rose Maple ; Pigeonberry Ash |
plant |
Condamine Upper Clarence |
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| badjirgan |
rotten |
food |
Gold Coast Tweed |
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| garul |
rotten |
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Condamine Upper Clarence |
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| budjarundjam |
rotten (of trees) |
plant |
Middle Clarence |
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| bugaw |
rotten ; putrid ; stinking ; smelling vile (meat) ; vile-smelling (of meat) |
senses |
Gold Coast Tweed, Lower Richmond, Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence |
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| bugahw |
rotten ; smelling ; stinking |
senses |
Middle Clarence |
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| bundur |
rough |
plant |
Condamine Upper Clarence |
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| muruhgi |
rough |
food |
Middle Clarence |
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| ganggar bundur |
Rough-necked turtle ; Bull-necked turtle ; turtle, Bull-necked ; turtle, Rough-necked |
fish |
Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence |
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| balin, buluhny |
round |
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Gold Coast Tweed |
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| gumbi |
round |
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Gold Coast Tweed |
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| wungan-wungan |
round about ; crooked ways ; astray |
location |
Gold Coast Tweed |
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| buluny |
round and fat |
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Lower Richmond |
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| wangan |
round the other side ; on the other side out of sight |
location |
Middle Clarence |
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| jurahrba- |
row ; paddle |
bird |
Middle Clarence |
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| gandul-gubih |
rowlocks |
artifact |
Gold Coast Tweed |
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| jabulgan-gubih |
rowlocks |
artifact |
Gold Coast Tweed |
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| duruma- |
rub ; wipe |
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Gold Coast Tweed |
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| dihn-dihn |
rubbish from flood |
natural_environment |
Middle Clarence |
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| girar |
rum ; alcohol |
food |
Gold Coast Tweed |
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| duhny ba- |
rumble (of stomach) |
body_part |
Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence |
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| mandi- |
run |
reptile |
Condamine Upper Clarence |
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| gawari-, gohri- |
run ; blow (of wind) ; flow (of water) ; go round (run?) ; slip |
natural_environment |
Gold Coast Tweed, Lower Richmond, Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence |
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| gehlgawari-, gehlgohri- |
run ; go round ; run round |
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Gold Coast Tweed |
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| ngagihndi- |
run away |
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Condamine Upper Clarence |
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| galgawari-, gehlgohri- |
run away ; flee ; fear ; dread |
senses |
Gold Coast Tweed |
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| gawandi- |
run with ; run away with ; take running ; go away with |
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Gold Coast Tweed, Middle Clarence |
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| ganaybah |
Russell Island |
location |
Gold Coast Tweed |
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